So as you can see, PowerShell scripts can be automated through the Windows Task Scheduler. The trick to doing so is to perfect your command at the Run prompt before trying to schedule the task.

The Task Scheduler utility allows you to run the PowerShell script automatically. You can schedule it to run at a particular instance of time, and it will, without a doubt, do that for you.

Most of the time when writing ad-hoc PowerShell scripts, you'll most likely be writing synchronous tasks. These are tasks that run in serial which inherently wait for the previous task to complete ...

If the boss wants a report every day at the same time, don't worry about vacations, sick days, emergencies, or even forgetfulness, you should use Windows 10's Task Scheduler.

If I schedule the script to run while I'm logged on then it works properly-- e.g. if I'm RDP'd into the server and I set it to run in 5 minutes it will work correctly. It always fails when I'm not ...